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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

"Sexual Selection In Man"

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[124] Groos refers more than once to the important part played in German
novels written by women by what one of them terms the "bearded male
voice."
[125] Various instances are quoted in the third volume of these _Studies_
when discussing the general phenomena of courtship and tumescence, "An
Analysis of the Sexual Impulse."
[126] _The Tasmanians_, p. 20.
[127] An early reference to the sexual influence of music on women may
perhaps be found in a playful passage in Swift's _Martinus Scriblerus_
(possibly due to his medical collaborator, Arbuthnot): "Does not AElian
tell how the Libyan mares were excited to horsing by music? (which ought
to be a caution to modest women against frequenting operas)." _Memoirs of
Martinus Scriblerus_, Book I, Chapter 6. (The reference is to AElian,
_Hist. Animal_, lib. XI, cap. 18, and lib. XII, cap. 44.)
[128] E. Lancaster, "Psychology of Adolescence," _Pedagogical Seminary_,
July, 1897.


II.
Summary--Why the Influence of Music in Human Sexual Selection is
Comparatively Small.

We have seen that it is possible to set forth in a brief space the facts
at present available concerning the influence on the pairing impulse of
stimuli acting through the ear.


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